Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-27

sires or is fitted for. have dozens OF
restaurants and hotels to supply and
! there are ALWAYS some vacancies. Tnls
/ mornings papers announced the suicides
OF three men who became desperate be-
cause they could not get work. If they
had been willing to take the first thing
that came along they'd have been all
right. No man need starve."
How low do wages runW
81 sent three men to work as porters
to-day for 81 week, including luncheons.
You stare. or course 81 Is nothing to us,
! but the man who won't work for that
much and six square meals week will
have to struggle in New York. mo mat
ter how small the wages you can always
get men to accept them, but you cannot
always get man who has held high po-
sition to accept a lower one. They will
! almost starve to death first. / mean this
literally. They will undergo the awful
horrors OF starvation before shey will
throw away their pride. 1t is the ruling
spirit, you know. The other day the doc
tors told Dewey, the big Wall street
operator, that be had only few hours to
live. He called for his brokers' at once
and arranged tor selling out his stock.
Can you imagine a man thinking of the
stock market when on the very verge of
| death? Well, the same principles apply
to paupers. They starve to death at
times before they will consent to compete
with the laboring man."
IL reminded me OF quiet and respect
ful-looKlng man who came up beside me
night or two ago as l stood waiting Tor
car on upper Broadway.
81 beg yer pawding, SIR" be said,
touching his hat and bowling slightly,
but th' fact is Pm quite done up with
fatigue and hunger"
"When did you landY'
1.-Two weeks since, sir, and I've not had
decent night nor full meal since. Pm
/ gentleman's servant, you know, sir,
but there seems to be no demand for me
at all. / thought New YORK was virita-
bile Ell Dorado, but find It's the most i'm
possible place in th' world"
'Can't you get w0rkY'
81 cannot get service, sir, and that's
all Pm fitted for"
"Wby don't you take whatever you can
get?'
ON" he said, with an indescrIbabIy
shocked air, II couldn't do that, you
know"
looked him over. He was neat, quiet
and intelligent. His face was drawn
down and pinched by hunger and he was
as white as ghost. The man was un-
doubtedly suffering greatly, but he could
| not forget that he had been "a gentle
mans servant"
There is a big demand for such men
here now, as the custom of keeping a man
servant has spread very rapidly OF lale.
Men here are not accompanied by their
Wallets as they are in Europe. but they
employ them none the less.
"My man." a genial old clubman said
| the other day, sis about the most valua-
bic OF my possessions. He's Scotch lad
Wnom L picked up as stowaway on a
steamer coming over four years ago. Be-
fore had him l was pie for every wash
woman and shopkeeper in New York.
MY linen disappeared with amazing
| rapldity. My boots walked off mysteri-
| ously and my tailors' bills were heart
breaking. Now have everything / need !;
never know what it is to be out of any
article of apparel and am happier than
was as boy. My man shaves me-thereby
saving me about $75 year-dresses me,
buys everything l wear, answers all my
invitations, keeps record of all my en-
gagements, runs all errands, makes my
bank deposits and collects rents, and
does the work of half dozen men with
| out seeming to know it. 1t is the small
vexations OF life that tell on men, and
get rid of them all by employing a we'll
| trained servant"
"Wh hat does he cost ?" asked listener
with leaning toward economy
Ibis wages are fixed at $40 a month,
| and allow him similar amount for his
board and Clothes"
1t is difficult to keep a good man long
| in New York, for they are usually shrewd
| and wide awake and soon venture into
business. One of the most popular and
successful shoemakers in New York city
was once personal servant to Sir Arthur
Sullivan. He has staff OF underlIngs to
wait on his customers while he sits like a
naughty banker at his desk and DULLES
his cashier. Another eX-valet runs what
he calls "haberdasherie''-th being
the Anglicized version of the plebeian
"gents' furnishing goods store" He was
in the service OF one OF the young Wander
bits some years ago, it is said, and when
be retired his master gave him enough
money to start him in business. He has
an income OF about SIC, 900 year. There
are some queer ups and downs among the
working people OF New York.
BLAKELY HALL.